Some time ago, when I was still driving, I would drive down this street on a Sunday Morning looking for out-of-place items or unusual things that were there but seldom did anyone know about the area. It's a City Street that is one name on one side of a main drag and another name going the other direction on the other side of the main drag.
So, today, since I have been walking from one rail station to another on either a trail or a street, I decided that I would walk to the next train station as the street would go directly there. So, I started out. Within the first quarter of a mile, it because a wildflower furry with some blooms from big bulbs that I didn't recognize. Then, when I go to the fork in the road, I knew it would shorten my trip through what would be medical offices, clinics etc.,etc.
So, once again I took the high road but then a bundle of surprises started to appear. A lake, multi-fountains shooting water 30 feet or more into the air, picnic tables, benches, outdoor exercise bikes and a memorial garden with a stone hart standing center to a blue landscape below. Not to mention some of the most beautiful blooms that I have seen. I walked up the back side spine of a road that I knew would meet up and send me back via the way I had just walked, or take the main drag and hit McDonald's before a walk to the train station, where I had started or take a bus the other direction to a transit center and come home from the opposite direction.
I ended up at McDonald's. Big Mistake. That's a tale for another time, but I can tell you I have never had rude employees ruin a meal, but they sure did. I guy next to me said that he worked for Wendy's and they would be gone in heart beat if they did that to a customer at Wendy's McDonald's Senior Citizens Discounts that they offer was not only an insult, it was even more than that. I left and will NEVER sit foot in another McDonald's, ever. My first experience with a McDonald's was where you walked up to the window between the stainless steel arches and placed your order outside. No, in those days, that had neither seating inside because the only inside was the kitchen. And those were the days when there were no drive-thru, either.
Ironically, I had counted at least 8 places I could have gotten a meal before I went on to McDonald's. Once again, a big mistake. The only thing that wasn't a mistake was taking that walk down that street with all the beautiful wildflowers, lake and fountains. There were many big turtles sitting on logs sunning, too.The thing with turtles is that you have to sneak up on them because if you are seen and make a noise, off the log the go into the water. Did get one shot of a biggie but I couldn't do the manual focus fast enough. Yes, the turtles were more fast than I was today.
